Saturday, December 3, 2011

Location - Kaudulla -Sri-Lanka

 
Kaudulla is a National Park of Sri Lanka located 197 km away from Colombo. Designated a national park in 2002, Kaudulla ( 6656 ha elephant corridor between Somawathiya Chaitya (Stupa) and Minneriya National Park ) is the 15th such area on the island. 
Kaudulla Wewa, the ancient man made lake was built by the sister of great tank builder King Mahasena (276-303 AD). 
Best time to visit is between August & December and the main attraction is herds of migrating elephants, mainly in the month of October.

Mammals: leopards, fishing cats, sambar deer, the endangered rusty spotted cat, sloth bear.
Birds: cormorants, painted storks and many other species.







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